DAT TEST questions and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
Mission Statement
- correct answer Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an organization of college educated women
committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus
on the Black Community
The Sorority Pin
- correct answer The middle letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels that represent the Nine Cardinal Virtues that
are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta
These virtues are: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and
Temperance
The first Jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Compassion!
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
The Second Jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Courtesy!
This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
The third jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Dedication!
This jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
Alpha Chapter history
- correct answer The members agreed that the Sorority should become a chartered organization at
Howard University
,In 1919..
- correct answer First honorary members of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church
Terrell
In 1923..
- correct answer Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Member, initiated
Osceola Macarthy Adams
- correct answer She taught drama at Bennett College and served as Directress of the Harlem School of
the Arts
Marguerite Young Alexander
- correct answer Was born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander
- correct answer She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Ethel Cuff Black
- correct answer First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
Bertha Pitts Campbell
- correct answer Was born in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on August 2, 1981
Zephyr Chisom Carter
- correct answer Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted woman who was not only a singer, but
an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television shows
, Edna Brown Coleman
- correct answer She was extremely dedicated and studious and graduated from Howard in 1913 as
valedictorian and class president
Jessie McGuire Dent
- correct answer Was the first corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston School District
She battled the Galveston School District in court and won equal wages for Black teachers
Frederica Chase Dodd
- correct answer She was the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha Chapter
Myra Davis Hemmings
- correct answer She served as president of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Olive Claire Jones
- correct answer Founder Olive Jones became a music teacher in the Washington, DC public school
system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
- correct answer She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for women's suffrage
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
- correct answer Was an excellent musician
She graduated as valedictorian of the Teacher's College
Vashti Turley Murphy
- correct answer From Washington, DC, graduated from M Street High School, later known as Dunbar
High School
This was the first public high school for Blacks in the United States
Naomi Sewell Richardson
- correct answer Was the last surviving Founder when she died in 1993
Mission Statement
- correct answer Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an organization of college educated women
committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus
on the Black Community
The Sorority Pin
- correct answer The middle letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels that represent the Nine Cardinal Virtues that
are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta
These virtues are: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and
Temperance
The first Jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Compassion!
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
The Second Jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Courtesy!
This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
The third jewel in the Sigma is...
- correct answer Dedication!
This jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
Alpha Chapter history
- correct answer The members agreed that the Sorority should become a chartered organization at
Howard University
,In 1919..
- correct answer First honorary members of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church
Terrell
In 1923..
- correct answer Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Member, initiated
Osceola Macarthy Adams
- correct answer She taught drama at Bennett College and served as Directress of the Harlem School of
the Arts
Marguerite Young Alexander
- correct answer Was born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander
- correct answer She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Ethel Cuff Black
- correct answer First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
Bertha Pitts Campbell
- correct answer Was born in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on August 2, 1981
Zephyr Chisom Carter
- correct answer Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted woman who was not only a singer, but
an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television shows
, Edna Brown Coleman
- correct answer She was extremely dedicated and studious and graduated from Howard in 1913 as
valedictorian and class president
Jessie McGuire Dent
- correct answer Was the first corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston School District
She battled the Galveston School District in court and won equal wages for Black teachers
Frederica Chase Dodd
- correct answer She was the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha Chapter
Myra Davis Hemmings
- correct answer She served as president of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Olive Claire Jones
- correct answer Founder Olive Jones became a music teacher in the Washington, DC public school
system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
- correct answer She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for women's suffrage
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
- correct answer Was an excellent musician
She graduated as valedictorian of the Teacher's College
Vashti Turley Murphy
- correct answer From Washington, DC, graduated from M Street High School, later known as Dunbar
High School
This was the first public high school for Blacks in the United States
Naomi Sewell Richardson
- correct answer Was the last surviving Founder when she died in 1993
